Donations of food, clothes and chocolates came in thick and fast during Wanstead’s Christmas gift appeal. Juliette Harvey and Suzi Harnett thank the community on behalf of a wide range of local charities

The Redbridge For Education campaign is appealing for residents who received new laptops or tablets for Christmas to donate their old devices

Charges have been implemented at Wanstead Park’s Warren Road car park, which is managed by RingGo on behalf of Epping Forest

As part of the National Tree Planting Week, members of Wanstead Climate Action and Wild Wanstead have planted a new wildlife hedge on George Green.

Plot holders met with Cadent earlier this month to discuss revised proposals for improvement works to the gas company’s Redbridge Lane West site and impact on the adjacent allotments.

Wanstead’s Big Issue vendor, Monica can now accept contactless card payments.

Lorna Paterson, the organiser of the Wanstead British Sign Language (BSL) Project, is encouraging residents to urge their MP to vote for the British Sign Language Act on 28 January

Santa toured the streets of Wanstead last month and raised over £800 for The Corner House Project.

A planning application to build five flats on a strip of land between Draycot Road and Seagry Road, adjacent to the A12, was refused last week

A burglary prevention webinar hosted by Redbridge Council is available to watch on YouTube

The Wren Wildlife Group, London Wildlife Trust and Wild Wanstead have compiled a list of 10 species at risk of local extinction. In the last of a series of articles looking at each species in turn, Susie Knox explains why she’s bats about pipistrelles

Wanstead teenager Grace Wolstenholme invites you to watch her YouTube channel for an insight into life with cerebral palsy. In the 11th of a series of articles, Grace brings us up to date with her latest modelling work